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Original poster

fuel to reach £2.00 per litre and possibly £2.50

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ivykaty44 · 07/03/2022 09:27

This is being reported as oil prices rise and a ban on Russian oil is muted

Will this bring a surge for electric cars or will people adapt to other methods of transport?

Im getting a good 55mpg presently but thinking of just using car for long trips - anything over 10 miles and sticking to the bike for shorter journeys. Id rather save fuel for visiting family 100 miles away and even at £2.50 it would be £45 a return journey which is still cheaper than the train & tram at £64

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kittensinthekitchen · 08/03/2022 07:37

@ivykaty44

MurmuratingStarling MSM are reporting price increases of fuel

If you want to take this thread as scaremongering, thats your choice. There have been many threads recently about the cost of household fuel rising and this is, to my mind no different - its a thread about how and what we are going to do to combat the rising prices of transport

Okay, but where has it been reported to potentially hit £2.50 a litre?
Tumbleweed101 · 08/03/2022 07:39

I ran a quote through for 800L heating oil which is how much I generally order at once. £1,172 Shock . The last order I made was in December at that was about £750 which I considered expensive. In the pandemic it was about £400.

FourTeaFallOut · 08/03/2022 07:41

I've only seen £2.50/litre in the media in relation to a betting company that gave odds on price rises. Like here:

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/experts-say-how-likely-petrol-23286214

Interested in this thread?

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Wonnle · 08/03/2022 07:58

It's profiteering , the fuel you are buying now at the pumps wasn't made with oil that is costing as much as it is at the moment is it . That will be months down the line

Malibuismysecrethome · 08/03/2022 07:58

I want to know why this government isn’t addressing this and other increases. They really don’t give a f*ck about ordinary people do they.

DockOTheBay · 08/03/2022 07:58

Not everyone can get an electric car. We don't have a driveway or garage with electric, we can't park our car in front of our house and trail a cable to charge a car.

Same goes for many people living in a flat, terraced house, retirement property etc.

ItsAlwaysThere · 08/03/2022 08:06

They need to drop fuel duty. In fact, even doing this in rural areas would help. We don't have reliable public transport, I can't get a bus to work, my youngest can't get a bus to school. Not because it's inconvenient, there just isn't one that direction.

I get very annoyed when it's been recommended by politicians in London, a city rich with transport links, that we all use public transport more.

DockOTheBay · 08/03/2022 08:08

@Plantsandpuddlesuits

We've noticed that our usual £30 of fuel lasts less than it used to, we normally get fuel when it's on 2 bars left and it seems to be going to 2 bars more often, we are driving the same distance day to day. Diesel if that makes a difference!
Thats because £30 of fuel is less fuel now because the prices are higher... You can only buy around 19L of fuel for £30 now, whereas last year you would have been getting 23L.
FourChimneys · 08/03/2022 08:09

When we were house buying over 30 years ago we made a decision to live in a place where our everyday needs wouldn't need a car. Schools, hospital, shops, library, doctor's surgery, leisure centre, countryside walks etc, all within walking distance.

I am becoming increasingly grateful for that decision.

I would like to see fuel banks set up in some way. I would be happy to fill a tank for someone who has to rely on a car and is struggling to afford it.

Pedallleur · 08/03/2022 08:58

Nobody is going to do anything. Its an energy market. Highest price wins. Certainly in this country where we sold our oil/gas and power companies. mention nationalisation and it will be 'Corbyn' but really that may be one solution.

BlackCoffeeInAPoolOfSunshine · 08/03/2022 09:11

Here in Germany 57% of the price of a litre of petrol is tax of one type or another (4 different taxes, not just VAT). Is that the same in the UK?

According to my app the garages within a 15km radius of my house are selling a liter from between 1,99€ (one option) and 2,42€ today, with most petrol stations around 2,11€ - thats gone up 10c per litre since yesterday!

Original poster
ivykaty44 · 08/03/2022 09:46

DovesofPeace but if petrol increases, then it'll be cheaper to go by train, so Ill swap

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user1497207191 · 08/03/2022 10:44

@ivykaty44

DovesofPeace but if petrol increases, then it'll be cheaper to go by train, so Ill swap
If diesel rises then train fares will eventually rise too. There's no differential pricing on the railways whether the train is diesel powered or electric powered, so if the fuel bill to the railways goes up, then all train fares will go up.
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ivykaty44 · 08/03/2022 14:55

If diesel rises then train fares will eventually rise too.

Not necessarily at the same rate

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kittensinthekitchen · 08/03/2022 15:33

@ivykaty44

Again, where have you read that petrol will potentially reach £2.50 a litre?

Liverbird77 · 08/03/2022 16:10

I am worried about this. I have a 30 min trip each way to get my eldest to pre-school, so two hours each day, on top of ferrying my younger one to activities throughout the day, and then more at the weekend. I do walk where possible but it's not often possible!

QuebecBagnet · 08/03/2022 16:38

I don’t think they can put train fares up for another year. They only just went up and I think they can only do it once a year.

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ivykaty44 · 08/03/2022 17:23

@kittensinthekitchen I answered that question yesterday

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MrsDThomas · 08/03/2022 19:39

If it was that affordable we’d all buy electric cars.

But we can’t afford it.

RedRum27 · 08/03/2022 19:54

I’m worried as it’s just going up and up with no sign of stopping. Last week paid around £1.47 - £1.51 is it was a more expensive brand like BP. Tonight on the way home from work, £1.57 at ASDA or £1.67 at BP for diesel. A colleague said filling up the tank to fill has gone up nearly £20 from a couple of weeks ago.

kittensinthekitchen · 08/03/2022 20:26

[quote ivykaty44]@kittensinthekitchen I answered that question yesterday[/quote]
In the 'MSM'?

Can you be more specific?

Original poster
ivykaty44 · 08/03/2022 20:56

kittensinthekitchen

use google and search for "fuel to reach £2" It should give you the sources on MSM

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Tryingtokeepgoing · 08/03/2022 22:07

@BlackCoffeeInAPoolOfSunshine

Here in Germany 57% of the price of a litre of petrol is tax of one type or another (4 different taxes, not just VAT). Is that the same in the UK?

According to my app the garages within a 15km radius of my house are selling a liter from between 1,99€ (one option) and 2,42€ today, with most petrol stations around 2,11€ - thats gone up 10c per litre since yesterday!

On the U.K. forecourt duty per litre is 57.95p and VAT is 20% (on the fuel and duty). So for a litre priced at £1.609 roughly 53% of the retail price is duty and VAT.
kittensinthekitchen · 08/03/2022 23:08

@ivykaty44

Is that definitely the search term you used to find that information? Nothing much is coming up for me.

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ivykaty44 · 09/03/2022 07:20

www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1576287/Petrol-prices-motorists-oil-price-150-a-barrel-Vladimir-Putin-Russia-Ukraine-sanctions

Not sure why you are struggling so much with using google? There are plenty of reports on fuel hitting record high prices and for you not to be able to find one single report seems rather odd

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